South Wight SAC: Rocky Intertidal and Sea Cave Condition Assessment 2012 habitat map
The South Wight Maritime European Marine Site (SWS EMS) is comprised of a variety of different types of reef including chalk, limestone, sandstone, clay / mudstone, greensand bedrock and boulder reefs, along with a number of sea caves and sea cave complexes. This high diversity of habitats is of considerable value as they support a high diversity of marine communities and therefore the diversity of the whole site. condition. This dataset is derived from a report commissioned by Natural England to assess the condition of intertidal rocky shore communities as a sub feature of the Reefs as well as the intertidal sea cave communities.
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http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3857
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The data was taken from the 2012 Rocky Intertidal and Sea Cave Condition Assessment of South Wight SAC, in which data was collected following MarClim and CSMG biotope rocky intertidal protocols. The survey data was collected, analysed and reported by the Marine Biological Association, with habitats classified using the EUNIS 2007 classification scheme. This polygon dataset was then formatted by JNCC to meet the Data Exchange Format v4.1 required for EMODnet uploads in August 2023.